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Seniors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On Sept.
12, we had Hawaiian pizza,
poppy seed salad with red
onions and mandarin orang-
es and death by chocolate ice
cream. There were approxi-
mately 35 diners, plus 31
lunches delivered by Buzz
and Bobbie Gilmore, who
represented the Redeemer
Lutheran Church, along with
26 frozen meals delivered to
shut-ins. Veanne Weddle de-
livered the Mt. Vernon route.
Ron Dowse and Mer-
rie Henry greeted us, while
Bobbie Gilmore led the flag
salute and Buzz asked the
blessing. They also served
our lunch with the help of
Jeanette Kile.
Veanne announced there
will be a class on dealing
with Alzheimer’s from 1:30-
3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27,
at the DHS office.
Thank you to Robin from
Ritter, who donated sacks
full of peaches for our plea-
sure.
Pacific Source will be
here on Monday, Oct. 17,
for informational purposes.
They will be buying lunch
that day.
On Wednesday, Sept. 21,
Valley View is putting on a
taco bar here at the center
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The suggested donation is
$2. All proceeds will go to
the senior center.
Ken Henry won the Len’s
Drug gift certificate, and
Helen Bogart won the free
meal.
On Sept. 15, we served
approximately 50 diners at
the center. Sherry Feiger and
Chet Day also delivered 38
meals.
Shay fixed linguini with
chicken and bacon in a car-
bonara sauce. On the side,
we had stewed tomatoes
with zucchini, Caesar salad
and cheesy garlic toast. For
dessert we had pistachio
delight. The meal was fur-
nished by Len’s Drug.
Merrie Henry and Jea-
nette Julsrud greeted us,
while members of the Unit-
ed Methodist Church served.
Representing the church
were Sherry Feiger, Jean
Willey, Isa Larkin and Lou-
ise Nelson. Jean led the flag
salute, and Sherry asked the
blessing.
Marianne Morris won
the Chester’s Thriftway gift
card, and Joanne Wilson
won the Valley View lunch
for two.
The Buckaroo Days in
Monument will be on Sat-
urday, Sept. 24, and will go
all day. There will be music
in the park all afternoon and
a live auction. At 5 p.m.,
dinner will be served at the
senior center. They will be
making fresh salmon and
elk. There is a suggested do-
nation of $15.
We would like some
Christmas cards for our card
box if you have any you
would like to donate.
On Thursday, Sept. 22,
we will have pork skewers
and rice with upside down
ice cream cones for dessert.
On Monday, Sept. 26, we
will have pancakes, sausage
patties, scrambled eggs, fruit
and cinnamon rolls.
Psalm 119:75 “I know,
Lord, that your laws are
righteous, and that in faith-
fulness you have afflicted
me.”
Monument
Seniors
Soo Yukawa
MONUMENT — I don’t
know why, but our Tuesday
lunch of Sept. 13 tasted es-
pecially yummy. Terry Cade
and Carrie Jewell cooked us
up some battered fish, chick-
en strips, french fries, fresh
green salad and fruit tart for
our dessert. Our greeters
were Bodean Andersen, Jan
Ensign and Marva Walk-
er. Bodean led our flag sa-
lute, made announcements
and prayed the blessing over
our meal. Jack Cavender
won the Len’s gift card. Judy
Harris and Bob Yukawa both
won free meals. We wel-
come back Ron Odette and
Terry Bowlus from their
travels. We had Dick and
Pam Wanous join us for
lunch from Spray.
I completed some work
this past week. I managed
to can some pickles and to-
mato sauce. I really hope my
pickles don’t turn out mushy
this year or I will never hear
the end of it from my friend
Jimmy Cole. I think I got the
routine down this time and
did not have them in the hot
water bath for more than 10
minutes. They all sealed and
now have to sit for about a
month to take on the flavor
of the dill and garlic. My
mouth is watering just think-
ing of biting into a dill pick-
le.
While my girls and I were
away at a women’s retreat
this past week, my hubby
took care of my son and did
all the chores. I was so bless-
ed that he allowed me to go
and fellowship with some
great ladies. There was only
one mishap. He told me when
I got home that our pigs had
gotten out sometime Friday
night. These pigs rooted
under the fence and got out
and wandered around. They
apparently came up to our
house, bent up some fencing
that I had around my lilac
tree and pulled it up and out
of the ground. It had been
posted down with long nails
into the ground. I guess they
didn’t find much and knew
the way home because they
were waiting for my hubby
the next morning just outside
of their pen. They followed
him back into their pen when
they saw and smelled the
slop. I think they need to be
butchered soon.
Don’t forget: The Buck-
aroo Feast and Fall Festival
will be this coming Saturday,
Sept. 24. The weather has
been really nice, not too hot
or cold. This will be the last
outside social event of the
year before winter comes,
and then you are stuck in-
doors. Lots of auctions, food
and wonderful time of visit-
ing with folks will be going
on. You won’t want to miss
out on this wonderful oc-
casion. Remember, tickets
can be bought at the door
if you haven’t already done
so. The suggested donation
is $15 per person or $25
per couple. Children 6-12
years of age are $7.50, and
5 and under are free. Come
join us and make history
by participating in reviving
our first Buckaroo Feast of
Monument. Hope to see y’all
there.
Psalm 92: 1 “It is a good
thing to give thanks unto the
LORD, And to sing prais-
es unto thy name, O most
High.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — We
had 73 names on the book on
Sept. 14. That looks a little
better. We also had visitors in
the persons of Ken Primrose
and Pete and Harriet Currier.
The Curriers are blessing us
with nice donations to our se-
nior sales. Thanks so much.
Buzz led the lag salute,
and Tom Roark asked the
blessing. And Tom is a bless-
ing to us. He washes the big
pots and pans after dinner,
besides doing other things
around the hall.
Marlene Greer won the
$5 gift certiicate donated by
Prairie Hardware & Gifts,
and I won the 50/50. Hooray.
It was also Chester Willits’
birthday, and we made note
of that.
Our meal had orange juice,
beef stroganoff over noodles,
corn/carrots/bean mix for
vegetables and an apple pastry
for dessert. Scrumdiddlyump-
tious. That word is in the Ox-
ford English Dictionary now,
so the spell checker is going
to have to get up to date.
Lorna and Krystin brought
Helen Ricco, Lois Hill, Otho
Laurence and Dorothy Blas-
ing from Blue Mountain Care
Center.
Derrol has almost got all
his bases covered before sur-
gery. It was literally a head-
to-toe visit to all the differ-
ent medical providers. Now,
if they don’t postpone the
surgery again, we’ll have it
made.
I had to go to Fruitland
after dinner on Wednesday
for a 6 p.m. surgery on a spot
on my head. My barber found
it, and the doctor said it must
come off. So it happened. The
scalp has a lot of blood ves-
sels, so they were cauterizing
all over the place. Apparently
those instruments have increas-
ing levels of power, because I
heard, “How much, doctor?”
“18.”
Then, “Go to 23.”
Not long after that was “25.”
Finally, with a sigh of exas-
peration, “35.”
I guess that did it, as I didn’t
hear any more numbers. When
it was all stitched up, the nurse
had to clean all the blood out
of my hair — without get-
ting the wound site wet. Then
she put on this bandage that
wrapped all around my head
and under my chin. I was sup-
posed to wear it for 48 hours.
But it worked itself off of the
wound site by morning. Since
it wasn’t bleeding and I wasn’t
going to go out and get dirty,
I just left it off. It was much
more comfortable. I think
that they were afraid that it
was going to bleed more than
it did. They were also con-
cerned about pain, so I had
to go to a pharmacy and get a
bottle of pain pills. I took two
and that was enough. I spent
Thursday sleeping in my
recliner.
We picked 8 pounds of cu-
cumbers from our little patch
before the frost. To my sur-
prise, the deer haven’t come
in to clean up any of the vines.
Alleluia is almost here.
Check out the posters around
the towns.
Rev. 19: 1 , 3, 4, & 6 “…
the roar of a great multitude…
shouting: ‘Hallelujah!’ …
And again they shouted: ‘Hal-
lelujah!’… And they cried:
‘Amen, Hallelujah!’… like
loud peals of thunder, shout-
ing: ‘Hallelujah!’”
Church Services In Grant County
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
541-575-2180
Sunday Worship Service
10 am
Pastor Levi Manitsas
cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com
CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
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Sunday Worship Service .............. 10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service................6:00 pm
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